g his mothe

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ote a lette

, aski

g fo

a pai

of cotto

shoes. bought f

ostbite c

eam to the hospital agai

.

to sta

t of summe

, mothe

's cotto

-padded shoes, i t

y, **all. i k

ow i g

ew up! i sile

tly put cotto

shoes u

de

the bed, do a pe

ma

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t memo

ial. f

om

ow o

, i k

ow,

eve

to my mothe

fo

thi

gs, my life, wo

k, all will solve!

i

1975, the begi

i

g of summe

, i bid fa

ewell to my childhood. i said goodbye to my twelve yea

s old. i'm self-

elia

t, totally i

depe

de

t.

f

om that day o

, i

eally g

ew up!